Email Digest
Bargaining reminder + OMB comments
Sign up to attend bargaining next Tuesday 7/14 at 1pm! We have a scheduled bargaining session on Tuesday 7/14 at 1pm with the Rockefeller administration. In this session, we anticipate Rockefeller’s counters to our initial economic proposals that we presented over a...
Phone bank to stop Trump’s takeover of federal grants: July 2: 3pm ET
On May 29, the Trump Administration announced a new escalation in their attacks on the working class. Under a proposed set of Federal regulations, Trump’s Office of Management and Budget would gain unprecedented control to deny or cancel more than $1 trillion in...
Bargaining update and response to the University’s communications
On May 20, Rockefeller postdocs and allies from Weill Cornell participated in a day of action with hundreds of unionized researchers across the city On Tuesday, May 26th, we held our 30th bargaining session with the University. We proposed updated counters...
Rockefeller University, ‘Work With Us, Not Against Us’! Rally on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12 PM
Join our rally outside the main gates from 12-1pm this Wednesday, May 20! Contract negotiations are entering a crucial stage. As of last week, we proposed key economic articles (see below) and the University is still failing to address our concerns about...
Bargaining update: We proposed economic articles; almost no further movement from the University on Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation
Join our researcher day of action on Wednesday, May 20th, at 12 PM! On Wednesday, April 16th, Monday, April 27th, and Monday, May 11th, we held our 27th, 28th, and 29th bargaining sessions with the University. At the sessions in April, we continued our discussions on...
We continue fighting for standard protections against harassment, discrimination, and bullying
Sign up for the upcoming bargaining session on April 27th! On Wednesday, April 1st, we held our 26th bargaining session with the University. In this session, we passed counterproposals on Prohibition Against Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation and Grievance...
Two TAs on job security, but a direct rejection of several of our letter’s demands
Postdoc observers ahead of the March 20 session Sign up for the upcoming bargaining session on April 1st! On Friday, March 20th, we met with the University for our 25th bargaining session. We reached two crucial tentative agreements on: (i) Appointments and...
Awaiting the University’s responses
RSVP to attend bargaining this Friday (3/20) at 11am! Thank you to all who participated in our State of Bargaining Town Hall earlier today! More than a year since we started bargaining, over 50 postdocs from across the University gathered to discuss our progress so...
Reminder: State of Bargaining Town Hall this Wednesday (March 18)
RSVP for a State of Bargaining Town Hall 12pm on Wednesday March 18! It has now been a year since we started bargaining, and 18 months since we voted to form our union. To discuss the state of bargaining, we will be hosting a Town Hall this Wednesday, March 18th...
A new TTA, but no progress on other key articles
On Thursday, February 26th, we held our 24th bargaining session with the University. While we made some important advances, key articles remain stalled due to the University's inaction or refusal to meet some of our core demands. We reached a (Tentative) Tentative...